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'''Unilever''' is a food, home, and personal care products corporation consisting of Unilever N.V. which is based in the [[Netherlands]] and Unilever Plc which is based in the [[United Kingdom]]. Its product are sold worldwide with brands such as Axe deodorent, Dove soap, Pond's cold cream, Suave shampoo, Vaseline petroleum jelly, Signal toothpaste, Surf laundry soap, Slim Fast weight loss foods, Lipton tea, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Breyers ice cream, and Country Crock margarine. <ref>[http://www.hoovers.com/unilever/--ID__41850--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Unilever Profile], ''Hoovers'', accessed December 2007.</ref>, <ref>[http://www.unilever.com/ourbrands/ Our brands], Unilever, accessed December 2007.</ref>
In 2006, it had sales of US $52.3 billion with profits of US $5.4 billion.
<ref>[http://www.hoovers.com/unilever-nv/--ID__93845--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Unilever N.V. Profile], ''Hoovers'', accessed December 2007.</ref>
==Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council==
Unilever has been a corporate funder of the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC).<ref> Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research, project of the Environmental Working Group, [http://wayback.archive.org/web/jsp/Interstitial.jsp?seconds=5&date=975772800000&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwyl.ewg.org%2FFoxProCGI.acgi%24run_module%3Fdata_code%3DCLEAR%26extra_code%3Dgroup_code%3DORG197%26the_type%3DGroup%26&target=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F200012021600%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwyl.ewg.org%2FFoxProCGI.acgi%24run_module%3Fdata_code%3DCLEAR%26extra_code%3Dgroup_code%3DORG197%26the_type%3DGroup%26 Information of the American Legislative Exchange Council], archived organizational profile, archived by Wayback Machine December 2, 2000, accessed August 19, 2011 </ref> See [[ALEC Corporations]] for more.
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==Animal testing==
Unilever is on the [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] list of companies that perform [[animal testing]]. <ref>Caring Consumer [http://search.caringconsumer.com/search_list_icons.aspx?Donottest=-1&Product=0&Dotest=6 Results for Companies That Do Test on Animals], PETA.org, accessed February 2009</ref>. Products tested include cosmetics, toiletries, household cleaners, foods, food additives and chemicals. <ref>Ark on-line [http://www.arkonline.com/archiveanimaltest.html Animal Testing by the Cosmetic Industry], accessed February 2009</ref>
==Lobbying==
Unilever spent $800,000 for [[lobbying]] in the U.S. in the first half of 2007.
<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/clientsum.asp?year=2007&txtname=Unilever Unilever lobbying expenses], ''Open Secrets'', accessed December 2007.</ref>
